If I wish you a Merry *********, what vision comes to mind?

If I wish you a Merry *********, what vision comes to mind?
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A tree with lights is the first thing to come to mind. I, personally, make very little [if any] connection with the religious aspects of the holiday. I have been nonreligious for so long that I don’t even think it really crosses my mind, anymore.
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